Veterans

Art (Animation)

Introduction to the fundamental concepts of cell animation while utilizing contemporary digital technologies. Students will develop storyboards to determine the design of characters, scenes, and action with various 2-D animation software programs. Emphasis will be directed toward understanding main key frame development and tweening procedures to produce movement as practiced by traditional animators.

An introduction to the fundamental concepts of three-dimensional modeling and animation. Topics include scene building, lighting, rendering, and basic animation techniques. Students will create several animations during the semester.

This course covers the basic essentials for the making of great characters and great stories. Topics include concept and treatment documents, character documents, costume design, set design, stories and storytelling, plot, timing, scripts, storyboards, and much more. Students design their own characters, stories, and storyboards.

A continuation of Concept, Character, and Storyboard Development. Students continue to develop concepts through the creation of more advanced characters and the production of storyboards of greater complexity and interest.

This course covers the basic tools and techniques employed in 3-D animation to give characters believable movement. Topics include the basics of animation, character modeling, setup and rigging. Motion planning for expressive character movement is explored. Students will work hands-on developing personality models to apply to their 3-D models, and bringing their characters to life.

Animation Studio is designed for advanced animation students to carry out independent computer animation projects of their own design, with an emphasis on self-directed creative work. Students should be equipped with the appropriate knowledge of computer animation by the time they enter this course. Content for the animation is selected by the student under guidance of the professor.